What Jimmy Carter Taught Us About Civic Populism
Jimmy Carter campaigned for president as a populist outsider to Washington. A peanut farmer who grew up among African ...
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The Unproud Western Legacy of Jimmy Carter
Carter’s admirable post-White House life, especially his Habitat for Humanity work, continually enhanced his personal reputation. But historians will nevertheless view his legacy unfavorably, ...
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A look back at some of former President Jimmy Carter's memorable Baltimore visits
May 13, 1976: Democratic primary candidate Jimmy Carter toured an urban renewal area in the shadow of downtown Baltimore. Oct. 18, 1978: President Jimmy Carter attended a $100-a-plate fundraiser ...
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Commentary: Jimmy Carter’s Forgotten Legacy as a Champion of Rural Causes
In the flood of tributes following Jimmy Carter’s passing, one major aspect of his legacy was largely overlooked: his ...
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Carter’s Visit to the Blighted Bronx Blazed a Trail
Carter made a ‘sobering’ trip to the South Bronx to reinforce his commitment to urban areas ... was as symbolic as it was sudden, President Jimmy Carter visited the South Bronx to reinforce ...
How Jimmy Carter’s disdain for D.C. politics changed Washington
Mary Elizabeth King was running a group designed to boost the paltry number of women in the top ranks of the federal government. And Joan Claybrook was one of Ralph Nader’s Raiders, the cadre of ...
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Gerald Ford’s eulogy for Carter: ‘Jimmy and I forged a friendship that transcends politics’
For Jimmy Carter, honesty was not an aspirational goal ... across boundaries of caste. In America’s urban neighborhoods and ...
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Jimmy Carter in the South Bronx: Poverty, presidents and the press
Hamill finished his column by challenging the president: “Jimmy Carter didn’t really have ... blamed the despair on Nixon’s cutbacks in urban renewal funding. Through the Reagan era the ...
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Unity at President Carter’s Funeral
I had the honor of attending a portion of President Jimmy Carter’s funeral events. I arrived at Dobbins Reserve Air Force ...
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Jimmy Carter remembered as statesman and humanitarian as world leaders respond to his death at 100
"Jimmy Carter's character and commitment ... President Carter, we have the watch." National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial National Urban League President Marc Morial said in ...
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President Jimmy Carter's symbolic impact on civil rights
“Jimmy Carter had grown up with African American ... Patricia Roberts-Harris as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.
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Gerald Ford’s eulogy for Carter: ‘Jimmy and I forged a friendship that transcends politics’
For Jimmy Carter, honesty was not an aspirational goal ... across boundaries of caste. In America’s urban neighborhoods and in rural villages around the world, he reminded us that Christ ...